Marginal ticket-cutter.



L. A. BRIDGES.

MARGINAL TICKET CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 13, 1914.

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MARGINAL TICKET-CUTTER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed April 13, 1914. Serial No. 831,610.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LYMAN A. BRIDGES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Burlingame, in the county of San Mateo and State of California, have invented certhe edge of a rigid plate or strip pressed and held firmly upon the material.

My invention is applicable to any instrument, document, ticket or other evidence of value which carries or bears on its face what is commonly known as a money-margin, that is, columns of figures indicating units and higher than units, and which is intended to be severed along lines in said margin which will leave indications in numerals of the money value of the instrument. I may mention, in this connection, the present form of postal money orders, and some express money orders, and particularly many railroad tickets. For the sake of illustration, I herein show and I shall describe my invention in connection with railroad tickets, though, I am not to be confined to such use of my cutter. I

The object of my invention is to provide a marginal ticket-cutter, which is adapted within all practical limits of variation to 'be so adjusted and to occupy such a position upon the money-margin of the ticket as will enable the operator, by a single movement, to sever the ticket along any predetermined lines; and to this end, my invention consists in the novel ticket-cutter which I shall now fully describe by reference tothe accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a plan view of my marginal ticket-cutter. Fig. 2 is a sectionon the line a2m of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a view of my cutter showing the use of its straight tearing edge upon a ticket, the money-margin of which is composed of widely separated side columns indicating different denominations. Fig. 1 is a view of the cutter showing the use of its adjustable-tearing edge upon a ticket, the money-margin of which comprises adjacent columns of different denominations. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the slide-member of the cutter.

1 is the stock or body of the cutter. In its best form it is a plate or strip of metal bent over upon itself along one side, to

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form a lip 2 which overlies and is spaced from the plate to leave a guide or seat in which the slide-member 3 is fitted and moves. A sliding connection may be formed between these parts in any suitable manner. The connection I prefer comprises two lugs 4e struck up from the slide-member and fitting'm an elongated slot 5 in the lip 2 of the plate. These lugs serve-the double purpose of a connection and of a finger-hold or grip, to enable the operator to easily movethe slide-member. An alternative finger-hold or grip is also shown, in the form of a hole 6 made in the slide-member. Either fingerhold mav be used according to the convenience of the operator. The bend of the lip 2 is flattened down, as shown at 2 in Fig. 2. This serves the double purpose of making the back of the plate thin enough to serve as a clean tearing edge, and also of 'better holding the slide-member against any lifting tendency. The other side of the plate 1 is formed with successive out of line, parallel, joined, tearing edges. Two are here shown, the outermost or full-width edge 7 and the cut-back edge 8, the two being joined by the oblique edge 9. The length of the cut-back edge. Sis predetermined to be equal to or in excess of the length of one of the denominational columns of the money-margin of the ticket.

The slide-member 3 has a tearing edge 10 which projects beyond the outermost or full width edge 7 of the plate, and it has also an oblique edge 11 which intersects the plane of the edge 7 of the plate.

Referring now to Fig. 3, it will be seen that with a ticket such as 12 having widely separated denominational columns 13, the cutter is used by disposing its straight edge tearing back across the ticket on such a line as will indicate the numerals in proximity to which the ticket is to be torn, and then tearing the ticket in the ordinary manner. But with a ticket-such as 14, in Fig. 4:, which carries its money-margin in adjacent columns 15, the cutter is used by placing its cut-back edge 8 adjacent the first column and in such position that its oblique joining edge 9 lies below the numeral desired in that column, and then moving the slide member 3 to such position that its inclined edge 11 lies below the number desired in the second column. Thereupon, while the cutter is held firmly upon the ticket, the latter is torn off against the defining edges With a single operation. In this operation the oblique edges 9 and 11 make a clean tear at the changes of direction.

The cutter is thus easily, quickly and accurately placed and adjusted so that a single operation only is required to sever the ticket along the predetermined lines.

I claim 1. A marginal ticket-cutter comprising a plate having a tearing edge, said plate being bent double longitudinally to form an overlying, spaced lip, the upper surface of the back of said lip being flattened down to form a second tearing edge and a slidemember fitted upon said plate with one side under the lip thereof, and steadied in the bend of said lip and the other side projecting beyond the first named tearing edge of the plate, and means for holding said slidemember in its seat.

A marginal ticket-cutter comprising a plate having a tearing edge, said plate being bent double longitudinally to form an overlying, spaced lip, the upper surface of the back of said lip being flattened down to form a second tearing edge and said lip being longitudinally slotted, and a slide member fitted upon and shorter than said plate With one side under the lip thereof and steadied in the bend of said lip and the other side projecting beyond the first tearing edge of the plate, and means carried by the slide member and coacting With the slot in the lip of the plate to hold said member in its seat.

acting With the slot in the lip of the plate L to hold said member in its seat, said means projecting through said slot and above the surface of the lip to form finger-holds for moving the slide member.

l. A marginal ticket-cutter comprising a plate bent double along one side to form an overlying spaced lip, said lip being longitudinally slotted and its upper surface at its back flattened down, and said plate having its other side formed With a plurality of successive, out of line, obliquely joined tearing edges, and a slide-member fitted upon said plate with one side under the lip thereof, and the other side projecting beyond the outermost tearing edge of the plate and forming a tearing edge obliquely oining the plate edge, said slide-member having lugs playing in and projecting above the slot of the plate lip.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

LYMAN A. BRIDGES.

Witnesses Gnoncn M. HENOH, WM. F. BOOTH.

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